Archive | March 2016

At our school, you learn in a class setting and apply those skills in a performance. One of the best ways to grow those live performance skills is by joining our Community Performance Troupe.

These photos show the dancers in this Troupe performing with a live orchestra in front of an audience of about 150 people in Cannon Falls and Northfield. We also included the photos of the dancers receiving flowers for a job well done – a long running tradition of dance.

Many hours of practice, combined with community and family support made it all possible. We are very proud of each and every one of the dancers and the poise they showed on stage. We heard many positive comments about the performance.

We had two incredible performances with the CVRO for the Tell Me Story Concert. In this photo set, we gathered some “rare” and “behind the scenes” shots that you couldn’t see on stage.

Every dancer needs to warm-up before a performance. The ballerinas used this portable barre in the locker room making sure they were “ready-to-go”.

Pictured Board President Sara, holding the masks made by the students of Brett Zimmerman’s Cannon Falls Middle School art class. Also, Ashley and the cast of Peter & The Wolf going over last minute details before taking the stage with the CVRO (live orchestra).

Time for some smiles and relaxing before the first performance at the Northfield Middle School.

The snack bar available for the ballerinas before the Cannon Falls performance.

Catching the creative idea exchange between Ashley and Phillip (grandfather and narrator) in the Cannon Falls music room.

Cannon Falls School Of Dance

Madame Groth Madame Ashley Groth received a Bachelor of the Arts in Dance Education from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2010. Recently, Ashley trained abroad in Italy with teachers from the Royal Ballet, Alvin Ailey Extension, and Jose Limón companies. Her training includes a wide variety of dance styles including ballet, jazz, modern, hip hop, tap, Irish Step, lyrical, contemporary, musical theater and other various social and cultural dances. While diverse in skills, Ashley loves the poise, gracefulness and challenges ballet has to offer. She feels very blessed and excited to work with the Cannon Falls School of Dance in their mission to train young ballet dancers.